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Patrik Hummel

@pathumm.bsky.social

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Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies

Recently out of the oven! Book on the Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies, edited by @joel-h-anderson.bsky.social and my fantastic colleagues @lilyevafrank.bsky.social and @spahnandreas.bsky.social. Check it out! πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

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14.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neuberufen: Patrik Hummel im GesprΓ€ch Seit hundert Tagen ist Patrik Hummel Professor fΓΌr Philosophie und Blockchain. Im Interview berichtet er, wie er seinen Start in Luzern erlebt hat und was ihn in Forschung und Lehre beschΓ€ftigt.

Neuberufen: Patrik Hummel ist seit hundert Tagen Professor fΓΌr #Philosophie und #Blockchain.

Im Interview berichtet er, wie er seinen Start in Luzern erlebt hat und was ihn in Forschung und Lehre beschΓ€ftigt.

@pathumm.bsky.social

13.08.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like philosophy of linguistics and free stuff? Then boy do I have an opportunity for you!
This book - by my friend @ryannefdt.bsky.social - is available for download for free for the next two weeks. Get on it!
#PhilSky #Linguistics

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Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site

Another day when starving people in Gaza have been shot when they went searching for food. When will our leaders finally act effectively and restore treating them as human beings with equal moral worth?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/w...

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wiss. Assistent:in / Doktorand:in (50%) am Lehrstuhl fΓΌr Philosophie und Blockchain - Vacancies - University of Lucerne Assistenz, Doktorandin, Mitarbeiter oder Praktikant: Sie suchen einen Job an der UniversitΓ€t Luzern? Hier finden Sie unsere offenen Stellen und Lehrstellen.

At the University of Lucerne, there is an open PhD position in Philosophy within the new Zug Institute for Blockchain Research. The application deadline is on 20 June. For full details, see: tinyurl.com/45huzpek

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Sullivan Wins Simon Award - Daily Nous Emily Sullivan, associate professor of philosophy at Utrecht University, is the winner of the 2025 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy. The Simon Award "recogni...

The 2025 Herbert A. Simon Award goes to...

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MΓΌller Wins Covey Award - Daily Nous Vincent C. MΓΌller, professor of philosophy and ethics of AI and director of the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research at the Friedrich-Alexander-UniversitΓ€t Erlangen-NΓΌrnberg, is the winner of the 202...

The 2025 Covey Award goes to...

02.04.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My department has a new Bluesky account! Follow at @standrewsphil.bsky.social

14.03.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Großartig!! πŸŽ‰ Herzliche Gratulation Dr. @tabeaott.bsky.social

13.03.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

First Day of Strikes at Dutch Universities! ✊
Live reporting (in Dutch) from Remco Breuker.

10.03.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank God we can still talk about men, males, masculinity, social hierarchy, exploitation, dominance, powerβ€”oh, and evil.

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Digital twins for trans people in healthcare: queer, phenomenological and bioethical considerations Healthcare is one of the domains in which artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a major impact. Of interest is the idea of the digital twin (DT), an AI-powered technology that generates a rea...

Open for commentaries! Jose Luis Guerrero QuiΓ±ones' & my article "Digital Twins for Trans People in Healthcare" in the Journal of Medical Ethics is out. @esdit.bsky.social #ethics #technology #diversity #queer

jme.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Rutger Bregman (@rutgerbregman) on Threads Dutch television on Trump, Vance, Zelensky and "Have you even said 'thank you'?" Excellent summary of the current geopolitical situation.

Dutch TV's take on Trump, Vance and Zelensky

06.03.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Title page of Patrik Hummel's articel "Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept" in American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025

Title page of Patrik Hummel's articel "Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept" in American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025

In Vol. 62, Iss. 1 of American Philosophical Quarterly, the second of three special issues on the ethics of AI, @pathumm.bsky.social investigates whether algorithmic fairness is an inconsistent concept. buff.ly/4jVCTUl

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Cover of American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025
Blue letters spell "APQ" at the top of the page on a green rectangle, with a yellow rectangle below separating it from the rest of the red background.

Cover of American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025 Blue letters spell "APQ" at the top of the page on a green rectangle, with a yellow rectangle below separating it from the rest of the red background.

The 2nd AI ethics special issue, American Philosophical Quarterly 61.2, is out! Contributors:
β€’ @emratti.bsky.social
β€’ @pathumm.bsky.social
β€’ @kraymondh.bsky.social - @univie.ac.at
β€’ @jonasblatter.bsky.social - @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
β€’ @rodrigodiazxphi.bsky.social - @csic.es
+ more
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PhD on Ethical AI for Health & Medicine The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

Matthew Dennis, Filippo Santoni de Sio and myself are hiring a PhD student to work on Ethical AI for Health and Medicine. This is a full-time 4 year position in Eindhoven.
Please spread the word and consider applying πŸ‘‡πŸ˜Š
jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p...

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PhD on Ethical AI for Health & Medicine The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

New PhD opportunity embedded in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at TU/e! Great opportunity to explore moral issues with the use of generative AI in healthcare.
Please share!
jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p....
#philsky #philjobs #philAI #ethics

19.02.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting this, as there is still time to apply! Please share with anyone you think might be a great fit!
#philsky #philjobs #ethics

21.01.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept

Thank you both! I don’t have access to the journal either, but here is a version in the @tueindhoven.bsky.social repository research.tue.nl/en/publicati...

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Thank you, @dmoralesp.bsky.social!

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PhD in Philosophy and Ethics in the NAP4DIVE Project The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

Exciting PhD position at the intersection of animal ethics, research ethics, and AI ethics in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at @tueindhoven.bsky.social tinyurl.com/47r95m8n

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PhD on Philosophical Constraints on the Explainability and Fairness of LLMs The TU/e is constantly looking for scientific and non-scientific staff further its ambitions. View here our current vacancies.

Exciting PhD Opportunity at Eindhoven University of Technology! Interested in explainability and fairness of LLMs? Join us and work with leading experts Carlos Zednik and Lambèr Royakkers in the AlignAI network. For more info: jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p.... Please share!
#philosophy #philtech #philAI

18.11.2024 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

(First) afterthought on the cancelling of our protest #WOinActie.

The reason the protest got cancelled was because of alleged threats by a pro-palestinian group that wanted to "hijack" the demonstration and was ready to use violence. >

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Spt2025 From June 25-28, 2025, the Philosophy and Ethics Group of the Faculty Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences o

The Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) Conference is coming to Eindhoven! Submit your abstracts and be part of this cool event. Check dates and deadlines here: spt2025.dryfta.com/index.php. Please share!
#philosophy #philtech #philAI

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The submissive university Together with many other academics in the Netherlands, I have been very busy in organizing a nation-wide demonstration next Thursday against the 1 billion budget cuts to higher education that our v…

I wrote an op-ed in one of the main Dutch newspapers today, highlighting that the 1 billion budget cuts to Higher eduction can only be explained as a way to make our universities more submissive. The piece has now been translated into English, and can be read here: crookedtimber.org/2024/11/09/t...

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Just taking this opportunity to big up this new paper by Noah Freidman-Biglin on Carnap's politics and his logical pluralism philpapers.org/rec/FRIRTU

25.10.2024 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm looking forward to seeing this OUP volume out next year. I have an entry in it on social epistemology and knowing-how with a preprint available here. #philsky philpapers.org/rec/CATSEA

16.10.2024 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover for the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology, featuring a detail from an impressionist painting of a busy Paris Boulevard by day by Camille Pissaro.

The cover for the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology, featuring a detail from an impressionist painting of a busy Paris Boulevard by day by Camille Pissaro.

Cover for the Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology, edited by Jennifer Lackey and myself, which should be published around Spring 2025

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Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept

In "Algorithmic Fairness as an Inconsistent Concept," @pathumm.bsky.social investigates if algorithmic fairness is an inconsistent concept (AKA the inconsistency thesis).
Read the pre-print: research.tue.nl/en/publicati...

09.07.2024 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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